JEB diploma ? usefulness?

iplogger1

I'm looking at a lot of alternatives for a career change.
I've worked in software development for many years but
I've never felt I've excelled at it and I missed several
good opportunities to move up the ladder in that area.

Anyway...
I've read about this JEB diploma for IT teaching. In our
family there is a solid 2nd income coming in and mortgage
repayments are minimal given the situation some are in.
So what is the story with the JEB diploma. Is it something
being oversold by IT training companies. What are the
actual job prospects in terms of say training jobs with
state sponsored agencies, private IT schools, etc ?
I'm based in the West of Ireland so I do have a geographical
restriction in that jobs in Dublin/Cork would not be an
option for me.

Anyone able to shed light on whether a JEB diploma is
a useful qualification which might boost my employment
prospects. My problem is that I have experience in
programming for which there is little training needs in
the regions outside of Dublin and so my line of thinking
is to see if I could get a more formal qualification to
give me the edge to teach general IT in youth training
programs,etc ??.. any suggestions.

~ipl

aaf

You should drop py2006 a PM as I think he/she did a JEB dip and also lectured for a bit.

Tom Dunne

My own personal feeling is that it is useless. Outside of training companies who are trying to sell you the course, I don't know how much it would be. I believe FAS recognise it as a valid qualification, so you may be able to get work with them to teach computers/IT.

I am currently lecturing in computers in an institute of technology. I got into lecturing by initially doing a few hours part-time, getting an MSc. then landing myself a full-time position. All without the JEB. I really think that an academic qualification and relevant experience is more highly regarded.

Edit: just a thought - you may get more positive responses over on the teaching/lecturing forum.

iplogger1

Thanks Tom.

I didn't realise there was a new forum on teaching/lecturing. I'll head
over there now.

I'm guessing you are based in one of the greater Dublin ITs.
I've watched out for opportunities in Galway/Mayo/Sligo/Athlone
for ages and it seems there is little going on there. Maybe there
is a possibility of doing hours. Any perspectives on that might
be useful for me.

--Ian

tom dunne wrote:

My own personal feeling is that it is useless. Outside of training companies who are trying to sell you the course, I don't know how much it would be. I believe FAS recognise it as a valid qualification, so you may be able to get work with them to teach computers/IT.

I am currently lecturing in computers in an institute of technology. I got into lecturing by initially doing a few hours part-time, getting an MSc. then landing myself a full-time position. All without the JEB. I really think that an academic qualification and relevant experience is more highly regarded.

Edit: just a thought - you may get more positive responses over on the teaching/lecturing forum.

Tom Dunne

I actually did my part-time work in Athlone.

Keep an eye out in the papers for part-time work from May/June onwards. Full-time positions are advertised from February onwards, but to be honest, without much teaching experience, I wouldn't get my hopes up.